William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Shifting Sands Editor ................... Sue Hoch Business Mgr.............. Janet Quick Typist ................. Veda Nichols Reporters ....... B. Earl, B. Kleckner, G. Teeguarden, S. Kichukolf, M. Monahan, J. Weiss, K. Cox. At the beginning of the school year, Willy and a group of his friends got together to put out a paper. Some of their predecessors had already named it the Shifting Sands (because it is written in their hang out, which is in the middle of a sand dune.) He and his friends were a little peeved, but that didn't bother Willy since he knew he would get better as time went on. In the month of October, the twenty-second and twenty-third, to be exact, Willy's guardian. Miss Armington, took him and some of his friends down to the convention, Indiana High School Press Association Convention at Franklin College, near Indianapolis. Everybody had a lot of fun and met some of the nicest people. They brought back a lot of new ideas to try to improve their paper to see if Willy's friends would like it any better. Along in November, his guardian, with the help of his friends, got him a new Smith-Corona typewriter with Gothic type to make it easier for him. After this surprise Willy really got down to work and the issues started to come out at more regular time periods. But still Willy didn't have a place to sleep, and without rest he couldn't do justice to both his school work and the paper. Finally his dad gave him one of the corners down in the school office where he could sleep and work in peace and quiet. In one of his new issues Willy got the idea of offering a chance for a prom bid by numbering each individual paper, drawing the number a couple of weeks before the prom. Guess who won!!! One of Willy's friends!!! By the end of the year Willy knew pretty much in the line of putting out a paper and it was really going good, but the time comes for all of us when we eventually receive our diplomas and go away from school on to better and harder things and new experiences. FIRST ROW: M. Monahan. J. Weiss. K. Cox, B. Cooper, V. Nichols. BACK ROW: R. Earl. J. Quick. W. Kleckner. S. Hoch. C. G. Teegarden. Sponsor. Miss L. A. Armington. S. Kichukofl. 1 Q

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SANDSCRIPT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.................... M. Owen BUSINESS MANAGER .................. E. Rhea ASS T BUSINESS MGR. p. Oestreicher COPY EDITOR ....................... M. Kirby LAYOUT EDITOR ..................... M. Thomas ART EDITORS ....................... K. Elkins J. Hackney ACTIVITY EDITOR ................... J. Quick CLASS EDITOR .......................V. Nichols SPORTS EDITORS................. G. Teeguarden P. Oates G.A.A. EDITOR ............................. S. Nash FACULTY EDITOR .................... S. Hoch SENIOR PAGES....................... D. Clapp SNAPSHOTS ..................... N. Lustgarten GROUP PICTURES..................D. Magioudis As you have probably guessed by this time, Willie is the creation of the 1954 Sandscript Stuff. Willie is meant to be the spirit of the Class of 1954 as well as the spirit of Wirt School. He is a cheerful, helpful, fun-loving Trooper just as are all of the students at Wirt. Willie was first brought to life on paper by Connie Lathrop and then, when Connie left, carried on by Jim Hackney, our art editor. Editor Marcena Owen worked diligently to see that all members of the staff carried out their assignments and that Willie got into no trouble. Evlyn Rhea, the business manager, saw to it that a selling staff of ten members of the class of 1954 really proved to be super-salesmen. Willie was pleased to see his friend Corky Coates lead all the rest in sales. The work really began when the pictures began to arrive. They had to be measured, trimmed, mounted, and labeled. Marcenia nearly went crazy trying to keep Willie out of the rubber cement. Margaret Kirby saw to it that the copy was written and then typed in proper form. Willie often punched the wrong keys and Veda would have to type a whole page over. Finally, however, the books were all put together and with crossed fingers mailed to our publisher. We had a swell time getting this book ready and, with Willie, we hope that you enjoy our book of memories. 27

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At Work Jim sketches the division pages Kay. Martha, and Bob staple, sell, and advertise the paper